 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1874 - 782 Seiten
...be the agent of the people, then the people alone can control it, restrain it, modify or reform it. It is, sir, the people's constitution, the people's...The people of the United States have declared that the Constitution shall be the supreme law. We must either admit the proposition or dispute their authority.... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 Seiten
...absurdity (for it seems no less) arises from a misconception as to the origin of this government and its true character. It is, Sir, the people's Constitution,...this Constitution shall be the supreme law. We must either admit the proposition or dispute their authority. The States are, unquestionably, sovereign,... | |
 | 1877 - 668 Seiten
...people, and they exclusively, are the source and original of all power in the affairs of state. " It is the people's constitution, the people's government...made by the people and answerable to the people." Our rulers are but the exponents of the public will and sentiment ; they are but the representatives... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1878 - 658 Seiten
...frora » misconception as to the origin of this government and its true character. It is, sir. tli« people's constitution, the people's government ; made...this constitution shall be the supreme law. We must either admit the proposition, or dispute their authority. The States are, unquestionably, sovereign,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1878 - 896 Seiten
...it the idea of Freedom.1 Speech at the New England Anti-Slavery Convention, Boston, May 29, 1850. 1 The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. — Daniel Webster, Speech, 1830. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 'T is heaven alone that is given away, T is... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1902 - 622 Seiten
...January 26, 1830, as printed in "The Works of Daniel Webster " (Boston, 1851), this sentence occurs : — It is, Sir, the people's Constitution, the people's...people, made by the people, and answerable to the people (III. 321). Lamartine, in his History of the Girondists (London, 1850, Bohu's edition), speaking of... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1879 - 780 Seiten
...absurdity (for it seems no less) arises from a misconception as to the origin of this government and its true character. It is, Sir, the people's Constitution, the people's government, made fur the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. The peopie of the United States have... | |
 | 1880 - 698 Seiten
...absurdity (for it seems no less) arises from a misconception as to the origin of this government, and its true character. It is, sir, the people's constitution,...this Constitution shall be the supreme law. We must either admit the proposition, or dispute their authority. The states are unquestionably sovereign,... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1880 - 1104 Seiten
...ratified it, but it was proposed for adoption to popular conventions.'' Webster, in 1830, spoke of " the people's government, made for the people, made by the people and answerable to the people." President Lincoln, in his Gettysburg address, speaks of " the government of the people, by the people,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1881 - 578 Seiten
...absurdity (for it seems no less) arises from a misconception as to the origin of this government and its true character. It is, Sir, the people's Constitution,...United States have declared that this Constitution v. shall be the supreme law. We must either admit the proposiO tion, or dispute their authority. The... | |
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It is, sir, the people's constitution, the people's Government; made for the people; made by the people; and answerable to the people. The people of the United States have declared that this constitution shall be the supreme law. We must either admit... 
